A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A Countess from Hong Kong ( 1967 ) G | In Hong Kong, the wealthy Ogden Mears is traveling in a transatlantic and is near to be assigned Saudi Arabia Ambassador and is divorcing from his wife Martha. His friend Harvey and he are ... See full summary » Director: a list of 38 titles created 25 Mar 2012 a list of 23 titles created 17 Jun 2012 a list of 25 titles created 09 Aug 2013 a list of 26 titles created 02 Oct 2013 a list of 42 titles created 01 Oct 2014 Title: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) 6.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist. Director: Charles Chaplin A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives. Director: Charles Chaplin A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards. Director: Charles Chaplin A kept woman runs into her former fiancé and finds herself torn between love and comfort. Director: Charles Chaplin Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. Director: Sidney J. Furie The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus. Director: Charles Chaplin The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church. Director: Charles Chaplin Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.

Director: Charles Chaplin Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the the slow corruption of the children in their care. Director: Michael Winner An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country... See full summary » Director: George Englund The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town. Director: Arthur Penn Two men kidnap a girl off the streets, take her to a beach house owned by a drug-addicted stewardess, and hold her for ransom. Directors: Hubert Cornfield, Richard Boone Stars: Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno Edit Storyline In Hong Kong, the wealthy Ogden Mears is traveling in a transatlantic and is near to be assigned Saudi Arabia Ambassador and is divorcing from his wife Martha. His friend Harvey and he are invited by their old friend Clark to go to a nightclub with three aristocratic Russian refugees on their last night. Ogden drinks too much and spends the night with Countess Natascha.

On the next morning, while sailing back home, Ogdeb finds Natascha hidden in his cabin wearing a ball gown and with no documents. The stowaway explains that she wants to go to the United States and Ogden is worried with his career. But Harvey convinces him to help Natascha. Ogden falls in love with Natascha and together with Harvey, they plot a fake marriage of Natascha with his valet Hudson. But things get complicated when immigration requests her documents and Martha arrives on board. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fun at Sea! His Cabin, His PJs, Her Move! See more » Genres: 15 March 1967 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Una condesa de Hong Kong See more » Filming Locations: Yolande Turner and Justine Lord were both interviewed for the role Martha. See more » Goofs During "everybody is getting sea-sick" scene Ogden, Natascha and Harvey push an ashtray around the table until Ogden angrily swipes it off the table.

Shortly after it's back on the table in front of Natascha's chair and in the next shot it moves over to be in front of Ogden's chair, although nobody is at the table at that time. See more » Quotes not as bad as critics made out 28 July 2006 | by fcasnette (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews an interesting curio as Chaplin's last film. Loren is ravishingly beautiful and carries the whole film well on her shoulders. Brando badly miscast, he shows some great timing in the madcap farce rushing around scenes, but try to imagine how Rex Harrison could have done this type of slamming doors and hiding farce as the uptight diplomat exasperated with his stowaway - think My Fair Lady. Brando's mumbling performance just does not gel. Apparently he had disagreements with Chaplin and maybe was sulking.

Very nice cameos from Margaret Rutherford (British films of the 50s Miss Marple) and Angelar Scoular (batty girl like in her performance in On Her Majesty's Secret Service), also great comedy performance from Patrick Cargill (British TV comedy and a memorable No 2 in the Prisoner) as the butler. Excellent acting going on here. It is dull to start with, static camera like silent films, stagy, and obvious studio sets, but by the time the sea sickness scene came along I was laughing and drawn in. The post marriage bedroom scene is funny. There is a scene at the bar with Sydney Chaplin (Charlie's son) where he tries to distract Michael Medwin, where Sydney looks amazingly like Charlie in attitude and timing - but this is probably due to diligent direction by his father. A really nice theme music from Charlie again. Yes, it is old fashioned, a filmed play, was absolutely released in the wrong decade, with the wrong leading man, but does show some of the Chaplin traits and even perhaps genius, certainly his humanist philosophy in the treatment of homeless or stateless persons. A real shame it was so savaged by critics at the time and disappointed him in his old age.

He deserved better for his lifetime contribution to the art of film. 20 of 23 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes DVD of the Week: “A Countess from Hong Kong” - The New Yorker DVD of the Week: “A Countess from Hong Kong” December 18, 2012 The last film that Charlie Chaplin both directed and starred in was “A King in New York,” from 1957. Nearly a decade later, he made one more film, which I discuss in this clip. He appears in it for only a few seconds, conferring its lead roles on Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren. Of course, there’s no physical comedian who can equal Chaplin (certainly Buster Keaton was the greater acrobat but not the greater presence), but Chaplin, the director—who had started his screen career, under the direction of Mack Sennett, in classic slapstick comedies—turned his last film into a social critique of slapstick, a moral analysis of the roots of comic indignity.

Chaplin was one of the great political filmmakers: “ The Gold Rush ” exposed the ugly side of nineteen-twenties boom time; “Modern Times” took a revolutionary view of the Depression as critique of the modern industrial economy; “ The Great Dictator ,” of course, mocked the slobbering anti-Semitism and cavalier cruelty of the Nazi regime; “ Monsieur Verdoux ,” his first postwar film, was, in effect, a Holocaust movie; and “ A King in New York ” sharply satirizes American commercialism along with American McCarthyism. “A Countess from Hong Kong” has an underlying political context—two revolutions and American diplomacy—but its political perspective goes even deeper, to the long-standing and long-unchallenged moralism that results in pervasive hypocrisy. Chaplin was a sexual revolutionary long before the sexual revolution, and here, at the age of seventy-seven, he foresaw—even unto the film’s concluding tango, half a decade before Bertolucci’s—a world in which sex would break down the doors and come out of the closets. More: Charlie Chaplin Blog Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a British-born actor, considered to be one of the pivotal stars of Hollywood `s early days.

He was often associated with his popular Little Tramp character, with a toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, cane, and funny walk. An early career start Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16, 1889. His parents were stage actors and singers. His father was Charlie Chaplin Sr. and his mother was Hannah Harriette Hill, stage name: Lily Harley. His father died when Charlie was 10 years old, and his mother suffered from bouts of severe mental illness. As a result, Charlie and his half-brother, Sydney, moved in and out of charity homes and workhouses. The brothers inherited talent from their parents and took to the stage. Charlie made his professional debut at the age of eight as a member of The Eight Lancashire Lads, and became an outstanding tap dancer. When Charlie was 18, he began to tour with Fred Karno`s vaudeville troupe, and traveled with it to the United States in 1910. In 1913, he joined the Keystone Film Company; his weekly salary was $150. Given his virtually overnight success, Charlie initiated negotiations for his services from other producers.

At the end of his contract with Keystone, he signed with the Essanay Company in 1915, with a large salary increase. Sydney moved over from England and took Charlieï¿½s old place at Keystone. A career flourishes In 1916, Chaplin signed with Mutual Film Corporation for an even larger salary, to make 12 two-reel comedies. Some of them were The Vagabond, One A.M., in which he was virtually the only character for the entire two reels; and Easy Street, considered to be his greatest production up to that time. Chaplin entered an agreement with First National Studios in 1917, to build Chaplin Studios. His first film under the new deal was A Dogï¿½s Life. He then turned his attention to a national tour on behalf of the World War I effort, followed by a film, The Bond, which he made for the U.S. government to popularize the Liberty Loan drive. In 1919, Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford , and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA).

Chaplin was obligated to complete his contract with First National before he could take on responsibilities with United Artists. He came out with The Kid (1921), a six-reel masterpiece that introduced Jackie Coogan, one of the world`s greatest child actors. Under his agreement with United Artists, Chaplin created eight full-feature films from 1923 to 1966. Woman of Paris was the first (1923). Chaplin only had a cameo role, but wrote, directed, and produced that film. In 1940, he played a dual role and talked for the first time on screen in The Great Dictator, a parody of Adolf Hitler . In 1947, a new Charlie emerged without his mustache, baggy pants and wobbly cane in Monsieur Verdoux. In 1966, he produced A Countess from Hong Kong, his last picture, starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando . Under scrutiny Chaplin resided in the United States from 1914 to 1952, but retained his British nationality. Like other Hollywood personalities, he became a suspected communist, and FBI director J.

Edgar Hoover initiated what became an extensive file on the actor. When Chaplin left on a trip to England, Hoover negotiated with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to revoke his re-entry permit. Chaplin and his family then took up residency in Vevey, Switzerland. He briefly returned to the States in 1972, to receive an honorary Oscar for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century." Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a knighthood upon Chaplin on March 4, 1975. The veteran actor/producer displayed other talents, including musical scores he composed for many of his films. He also wrote two books, My Autobiography in 1964, and My Life in Pictures in 1974. A tumultuous private life Chaplin was married four times and had 11 children. His first marriage was to Mildred Harris in 1918. She was 12 years younger than he. The union produced one son who died in infancy. They divorced in 1920. Chaplin married Lita Grey in 1924, after she became pregnant.

He was 35; she was 16. They had two sons, then went through a bitter divorce in 1928. Following the divorce, Chaplin announced that he had secretly married Paulette Goddard in 1936; the marriage ended in 1942.* Oona Oï¿½Neill wedded Chaplin in 1943. She was 17; he was 54. That long and happy marriage produced three sons and five daughters. The end Charlie Chaplin died of natural causes at his home in Switzerland, on December 25, 1977. He was interred in the cemetery of Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Vaud canton, Switzerland. On March 1, 1978, Chaplin`s body was stolen in an attempt to extort money from his family. The robbers were captured, and the body was recovered 11 weeks later, near Lake Geneva. His remains were re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement. Charlie Chaplin was considered to be one of the greatest film makers in the history of American cinema, whose movies continue to be popular throughout the world.

*Around that time, Chaplin briefly dated actress Joan Barry, but ended the relationship when she began to harass him and display signs of severe mental illness. In 1943, she filed a paternity suit against him. Blood tests proved Chaplin was not the father, but such tests were inadmissible evidence at the time. He was ordered to pay $75 a week until the child turned 21. ---- Selected Quotes ---- A Countess From Hong Kong - Trailer - YouTube A Countess From Hong Kong - Trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 7, 2014 Charlie Chaplin's final film is a delightful romantic comedy, filled with clever touches for which he's famous. Written, directed and composed by Chaplin, it revolves around Russian emigre countess Natascha (Sophia Loren), forced into prostitution in Hong Kong, who stows away in wealthy American Ogden's (Marlon Brando's) stateroom to blackmail her way to the States.

Since Ogden has a mind of his own, and can even resist Natascha's charms, what follows is one of the funniest tugs of war ever devised! A wealth of talent supports the stars. There's Chaplin's Son, Sydney, as Brando's cruise companion, Tippi Hedren as his icy wife, Patrick Cargill as the ultimate gentleman's gentleman, and Margaret Rutherford as a dotty old dame. Chaplin himself tops it off with a cameo as the ship's steward! The gags are pure Charlie and his actors make the most of them, sailing in and out of slamming doors and outrageous situations with ease. (Original Title - A Countess From Hong Kong) License Charlie Chaplin's actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies - today > entertainment - today > entertainment > celebs - TODAY.com Charlie Chaplin's actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies Played gambler who wooed Barbra Streisand in ‘Funny Girl’ Below: Advertise AP Sydney Chaplin, son of famous actor Charlie Chaplin and himself a Tony-winning actor who starred on Broadway opposite Judy Holliday in "Bells Are Ringing" and Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl," has died at 82.

He's shown here in 1998 with a stamp honoring his father. By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Writer updated 3/5/2009 7:51:01 PM ET 2009-03-06T00:51:01 + - LOS ANGELES — Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's son and himself a Tony-winning actor who starred on Broadway opposite Judy Holliday in "Bells Are Ringing" and Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl," has died at 82. Chaplin died Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, longtime family friend Jerry Bodie told The Associated Press on Thursday. He said Chaplin had recently suffered a stroke. "He was one of those guys who just sort of trooped through history," Bodie said of Chaplin, recalling his friend as a gregarious man who struck up friendships with everyone from Albert Einstein to Frank Sinatra. Chaplin appeared in two of his father's later films, "Limelight" (1952) and "The Countess from Hong Kong" (1967).

But he never achieved the success in Hollywood that he enjoyed in New York's musical theater. He won his Tony for "Bells Are Ringing," the 1956 Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical about a telephone answering service operator (Holliday) who falls in love with a customer (Chaplin). New York Herald Tribune critic Walter Kerr wrote that the actor "doubles the evening's warmth by the simple expedient of believing in its love story." His best-remembered show, though, was the 1964 smash "Funny Girl" as Nicky Arnstein, the gambler who woos Streisand in her star-making role as Fanny Brice. The New York Times called him "a tall, elegant figure as Nick, gallant in courting and doing his best when he must be noble." The show brought him another Tony nomination, but he departed in June 1965, citing unspecified differences with producer Ray Stark. When it came time to make the movie, Omar Sharif, a major heartthrob following his roles in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," was cast opposite Streisand.

Chaplin — also bypassed in the film version of "Bells Are Ringing" (for Dean Martin) — said he wasn't disappointed. "I never had the burning desire for recognition and respect that had driven my father," he explained. He starred in another Comden-Green musical, 1961's "Subways Are for Sleeping." Although his career never measured up to that of his father, he had little use for those who thought a famous name was a handicap. More Entertainment stories "I think anyone who feels his life has been scarred because of the fame of his father is a bore," he told the AP in 1967. 'I thought everyone's father was like mine' He was the second son born to Charlie Chaplin's second wife, Lita Grey. The other son, Charles Chaplin Jr., died in 1968. Sydney was named for his father's older half-brother, who helped young Charlie launch his theater career in England. After Charlie became a superstar in the movies, he returned the favor by bringing Syd Chaplin into the business. Lita Grey was 16 when she married the 35-year-old Chaplin in 1924.

Sydney was born two years later and his parents divorced a year after that in a court battle that brought sensational headlines. He spent much of his boyhood in boarding schools — "I had been thrown out of three schools by the time I was 16," he recalled — with occasional weekends at his father's house. He recalled playing tennis with Greta Garbo and turning the music pages for the violin-playing Einstein. "I thought everyone's father was like mine," he commented in 2003. "I may have been a little sheltered." He was stationed with the Army in Europe for a time during World War II and later toured with a group entertaining GIs. Back in Hollywood, with a newfound work ethic because of his war service, he joined a theatrical troupe at the Circle Theater that specialized in classical and avant-garde plays. His father became interested and directed several of them. Dad wasn't patient with own son Charlie Chaplin was patient with the other actors but not with his son, Sydney recalled in 2003. "It's your own kid, you expect him to get it immediately.

With me it was, `Come on, Syd!'" His first film role was in his father's "Limelight," Charlie Chaplin's last great film. He had written the role especially for his son, who played a composer who falls in love with a ballet dancer (Claire Bloom) who is befriended by a fading music hall star portrayed by the elder Chaplin. As for the poorly received "A Countess From Hong Kong," his father's last film, Chaplin told the Los Angeles Times in 1971 that he adored it. "It's a hell of a good picture," he said. The younger Chaplin also had a role in 1955's "Land of the Pharaohs" opposite Joan Collins, with whom he also had a much publicized romance. (He was also romantically linked with Holliday during their onstage collaboration.) Slideshow: Celebrity Sightings During the years his son was scoring big on Broadway, Charlie Chaplin was unable to see him perform. He was living overseas with his fourth wife, Oona, because American authorities had refused the English-born Chaplin's re-entry into the United States in 1952 over charges he associated with Communists.

The great comedian was finally allowed to return to the U.S. in 1972 to accept a special Oscar. Sydney Chaplin also appeared occasionally on TV, although those guest roles and his other film parts were undistinguished. "I played Indians," he once said dismissively of his roles in forgettable Westerns. "I sat around the commissary in pigtails and I said 'Ugh!' on camera." Chaplin married Margaret Beebe in 1998 after a 14-year engagement. He was previously married to actress Noelle Adam and to Susan Magnes. Chaplin's father died in 1977 at age 88; his mother died in 1995 at 87. Several other of Charlie Chaplin's children also had acting careers, most prominently Geraldine Chaplin, one of his eight children with Oona. She has appeared in such films as "Nashville," "Doctor Zhivago" and the 1992 film biography "Chaplin," in which she played her paternal grandmother. Sydney Chaplin's survivors include his wife, Margaret, and a son, Stephan Chaplin. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.

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,400+ newspapers from the 1700s–2000s Millions of additional pages added every month What members have found on this page OCR Text 6 The ProfreÂ«*-Index, Thursday, Moy 5, 1966 Charlie Chaplin, At 77, Is Busy Building For Future EDITOR'S NOTE--Darting shout the London set.

Ciuirllti Chaplin improvises, Jokes, scoltls, niimk-s. At 77, thp master !s directing his first plcturo in 8 decade 1 , and m'tip works harder, or happier, tlum Chaplin, the legend of his own time. By RAYMOND PALMER LONDON IAP) - He sits with his freckled face resting on the back of his folded hands, his skimpy-brim gray felt hat tilted forward to protect his pale eyes from the bright lights. He rocks his head gently from side to side as if his mind were shuffling through comfortable well-worn memories. But the little man is building dreams for the future. This is Charlie Chaplin at work on "A Countess From Hong Kong," directing his first film for a decade at an age when most men are content to putter in the garden or sit on the front porch in the fading sunlight of their lives. Chaplin turned 77 April 16. His white hair is as fine as spun sugar and be wears glasses, but his bouncy step and general liveliness belie his age.

He seems more like a young recruit to the New Wave than an immortal of the movies who has previously instead of one who had been out ol the business for a decade. But his assurance was something of a shell. Said Loren: "That first day I was scared to death. Then I saw Charlie was so nervous, so vulnerable himself, it was like it was going to be his first film. 1 thought. 'My God, I'm not the only one,' and I felt better right away." Chaplin is not a lavish man with praise. The result is that when he gives praise, his actors feel it is deserved. He also uses praise at the right psychological moment, Once, after the fifth of a series of re-takes he said to his stars and extras: "That was very good, exceptionally good. Now, once again j please." The sixth re-take was the one he wanted. Chaplin not only knows what he wants from everyone on the film but also what he wants on practically every frame of the finished product. Recently he sat in a darkened projection room studying rushes of scenes already shot. Dissatisfied, he ordered the sequences to be rcshot.

It took several days '.if retakes with 200 extras costing $4.000 a day. plus all the usual expenses. "You never know whether it's going to be a great day or not." said Chaplain. "You grope. All motion pictures are groping. You do the best you can. hoping the thing comes off." Brando says of him: "Charlie is the most delicately attuned director I have ever worked w i t h , subtly aware of the values of movement, of tone, of atti- jtudes and. most of all, of timing. He knows when a thing is said a quarter of a second too soon or too late." "In one scene," said Brando, "I was waving smoke away from my face with two fingers. Charlie didn't like it and said I should use four. So I used four." Other directors might have met resistance. "Some directors," said Brando, "haven't got the dramatic instincts of a dressing-room door knob. They couldn't direct you to the men's room." The wav his stars talk about him. it is clear that Chaplin has tamed the temperamental tigers.

They Â£pc-ok of him in almost awed tones. Brando says: "My instinct is to sort of take time and slosh around. That isn't permitted by Chaplin -- and he is absolutely right. He knows exactly what he wants and he insists on getting it." Said Loren: "In my career I have worked for many fine directors. None is in the same league with Chaplin. He stands truly alone -- an inspired artist with whom it is a privilege to be associated. "Do you know, even when I'm not working, I sit around here and watch him at work. It's an education. He is a tremendously talented man. After all, he practically invented this business, especially film comedy." What does Chaplin think of his stars? "Working with such a superb combination as Sophia and Marlon generates great excitement. They are a formidable combination and they have established a tremendous rapport that adds great depths io both the romantic scenes and to the comic scenes as well. "It isn't easy to direct two big stars. It's hard, hard work dealing with big personalities. They're behaving perfectly wonderfully, very patient for 'a man of my years.

For some reason they believe in what I am trying to do." Brando says: "If this is a successful picture, it will be Chaplin's success. We are like marionettes. Whatever I do in this picture is really Charlie plotting, moving, talking. He says whether I tug my ear, or fold my arms, or cross my legs. It's a great relief to work with a man who makes all the decisions. I just do what he tells me." Chaplin goes about it all with the verve and enthusiasm of a man starting a new burst of creative activity. Already he is considering another subject for possible shooting in Britain next year. He is still a long way from pottering in the gard' or sitting on the front porch. THIS IS IT--Americans long have been familiar with the term "stockpile" for the reserves of strategic materials the government has been storing away since World War II against need during new emergency. Here's what one type cf stockpile looks like--acres of aluminum ingots. It's part of 1.9 million tons stored at some 25 locations across the nation.

Since only 450,000 tons is now considered necessary, the excess is being purchased from the .government by major producers. It will be fed back into the civilian economy at a slow rate over a period of years to avoid upsetting the market through oversupply. become a legend in his own time. He doesn't sit for long. He bounds up out of the canvas chair beside the camera to improvise a piece of business, give direction to an actor, mimic the way it should be done, alter the tempo of an action, change a few words of dialogue. When shooting began at Pinewood Studios near London Janu- ! ary 24. everybody on Sounds- | tage "F" seemed to be walking on eggshells. Talent breeds tension. Talent combined with genius can be a highly volatile mixture. It was the first time Chaplin had directed established stars and he had chosen Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando. Seasoned observers expected fireworks. But the big bang fcever came. Instead the shooting progresses in an atmosphere of jokes and laughter and great bonhomie. It's like a party of friends having fun -- and if the end result is a movie, that's just so much good luck.

But if you watch for long, the method 'behind this sweet madness becomes apparent. They all work hard -- and Chaplin perhaps hardest, of all -- for something they believe in. They go through the takes and re-takes again and again and again until Chaplin is satisfied that inside the camera he has exactly what he wants -- not near enough, but exactly. Chaplin works like a craftsman assembling a fine watch -only in his case he is making a $10 million movie. The story line is deceptively simple. An impoverished countess (Sophia Loren), daughter of a White Russian, stows away on a luxury liner at Hong Kong determined to find a new life in the United States -- and finds it with a young millionaire diplomat (Marlon Brando) in whose cabin she hides. Chsplin describes the tale as "a romantic comedy that I am treating realistically." The idea for the film has been with him some 30 years. He considered several possible female stars over the years including, at one stage, his third wife, Paulette Goddard. But it was only after seeing Sophia Loren on the screen that he began putting the Idea on paper.

Working in his villa at Vevey, looking across Switzerland's Lake Leman to Geneva, Chaplin fleshed out the idea. Through a mutual friend he interested Loren in the project and one evening she came to dinner. She readily agreed to play the countess under Chaplin's direction -and suggested Marlon Brando as her costar. "I thought it was a brilliant Idea," said Chaplin, who set out to win over the American actor. Brando, too, accepted readily. Said Brando: "If Chaplin had told me he would like to direct me in the telephone book, I'm sure I would have accepted with equal alacrity." Neither of the stars read a script before agreeing to make the movie with Chaplin. During the first week of shoot- Ing, Brando was off sick three days. "My appendix was acting up," explained the actor. In his absence, Chaplin began shooting around him. "It doesn't really put me out," Chaplin said at the time.

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Va. Heretick Feed and Seed, Hopewell and Petersburg, Va. R. 0. Mayes, Petersburg. Va. J. T. Morriss and Son, Petersburg. Va. Southern States Southsjde Cooperative, Petersburg, Va. Bill's Super Market. Kenbridge. Va. Virginia Packing Company, Suffolk, Va. First and Merchants National Bank CO-BUYERS: Brunswick County: W. S. Peebles Co., Lawrenceville, Va. Crest Motor Company, Lawrenceville, Va. Brunswick Supply, Lawrenceville, Va. Brunswick Chevrolet, Inc., Lawrenceville, Va. Firestone Dealers Store, LawrencevilJe Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Lawrenceville, Va. Brunswick Insurance Agency. Lawrenceville. Va. Farmers and Merchants Bank, Lawrenceville, Va. Bloom Bros., Lawrenccville, Va. Dinwiddie County: Bank of Virginia, Dinwiddie Branch, Dinwiddie, Va. J. D. dements Store. Sutherland, Va. Maurice Chandler, Church Road. Va. Wilson-Ford-Hebron Ruritan Club, Ford, Va.

Dinwiddie Ruritan Club, Dinwiddie. Va. Dinwiddie Motor Company. Dinwiddie. Va. Olgers Store. Sutherland, Va. Gerow Ruritan Club. Rt. =3, Petersburg. Va. Rowanta Home Demonstration Club, Dinwiddie, Va. Stony Creek Lodge, Dinwiddie, Va. B. T. Hargrave Company, Dinwiddie, Va. Butterworth's Store, Dinwiddie, Va. Bass Flying A Sen-ice Station, Dewitt, Va. Richmond Guano Company, Richmond, Va. A Dinwiddie Supporter Dinwiddie Drug Store. Dinwiddie, Va. R. M. Ritchie, Dinwiddie, Va. S. G. Rose. Dinwiddie, Va. Southsidc Insurers, Dinwiddie. Va. Rowland's Garage. Sutherland, Va. Purycar's Store, Sutherland, Va. John Edward Boze, Dinwiddie, Va. R. E. Baxter, Dinwiddie, Va.

A Dinwiddie Supporter Gilbert C. Martin, Rt. #3. Petersburg Va, Dinwiddio Oil Company, Dewitt, Va. Drs. Ashhy and Smith,' Dinwiddie, Va. Williams Ix-wis. Ford, V,i. Bank of Sonihsidc Virginia, Cnrsnn, Va. P. B. Halligan ft Co., Carson, Va. H. K. Buttenvorth, Dinwiddie, V'n. Lunenburg County: Bank of Lunenburg, Kenbridge, Va. Bill's Super Market, Kenbridge, Va. Bottled Gas Corp. of Virginia, Kenbridge, Va. Kenbridge Chamber of Commerce, Kenbridge, Va. Commonwealth Tobacco Corporation, Kenbridge, Va. Inge Feed and Seed, Kenbridge, Va. Farmers Cooperative Fertilizer Purchasers, Inc. Ken Lea Crafts, Kenbridge, Va. Kenbridge Milling Company, Kenbridge, Va. Love Brothers, Kenbridge, Va. Peebles Department Store, Kenbridge, Va. R. Maclin Smith Pharmacy, Kenbridge, Va. Peebles Super Market, Victoria, Va. Virginia National Bank, Victoria.

Va. Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Victoria, Va. Southside Motor Company, Kenbridge, Va. R. M. Johnson Son, Victoria, Va. Mecklenburg County: South Hill PCA and NFLA, South Hill, Va. W. S. Peebles and Co., South Hill, Va. Smith-Douglas Company, Chase City, Va. Leggett's Department Store, Chase City, Va. The South Hill Enterprise, South Hill, Va. South Hill Motel and Restaurant, South Hill, Va. Cannon Motor Company, Lacrosse, Va. The Bank of Lacrosse, Lacrosse, Va. Leggett's Department Store, South Hill, Va. South Hill Tire Recapping Company, South Hill, Va. Colgate and Company, Chase City, Va. Mecklenburg Tractor and Equipment Co., Chase City, Va. Old Belt Broadcasting Co., (WJWS), South Hill, Va. Cooperative Supply, Inc., South Hill and Clarksville, Va. McPherson Beverage Co., South Hill, Va. Cleaton Equipment, Pontiac-Buick, South Hill, Va. Citizens Bank, Inc., South Hill, Va.

Bottle Gas Company of Virginia, South Hill, Va. Daniel Oil Company. Chase City, Va. Harvey's Floor Covering, Inc., Chase City, Va. Jeffreys-Lambert Hardware Co.. South Hill, Va. Robertson Chemical Corp., South Hill, Va. Citizens Bank Trust Co., Clarksville, Va. F. A. Burton. Clarksville, Va. C. N. Crowder, V. C. Fertilizers, South Hill, Va. Magnolia Mobile Homes, South Hill, Va. C. B. Crews Co., South Hill. Va. Clarence E. Thompson, I'nion Level. Va. Farrar's Farm Supply, South Hill, Va. F. E. Watkins Motor Company, South Hill. Va. J. V. Strum Feed and Seed Supply, Clarksville. Va. Mecklenburg County Farm Bureau, Boydton, Va. Garland Drug Co., South Hill, Va. Parker Oil Company, Inc., South Hill, Va. Chase City Ruritan Club, Chase City, Va. South Central Fair, Chase City, Va. W. II. Ryland, South Hill. Va.

Dixie Warehouse, South Hill, Va. Jackson Motors, Inc., Chase City, Va. Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Chase City, Va. Exchange Warehouse, South Hill, Va. Montgomery Drug Co., South Hill, Va. Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative, Chase City, Va. Mecklenburg Farm Supply, Inc., Chase City, Va. Greenwood Motel, South Hill, Va. South Hill Ruritan Club, South Hill, Va. Buggs Island Ksso Service. Bnskerville, Va. C. R. Dunn Son, Rnskerville, Va. Wnlkins Drue Company, South Hill. Va. Humble Oil and Refining Co., C. E. Turner, South Hill, Va. Chase City Tire Recapping Co., Chase City, Va. Spaulding Farms, Inc., Chase City, Va. Dr. T. J. Fitzgerald, South Hill, Va. Simmons Terminal Restaurant, South Hill, Va. Tucker-Bevell Motors,. Chase City, Va. O'Brien Drug Company, Chase City, Va. Peoples Bank Trust Co., Chase City, Va. Chase City Department Store, Chase City, Va.

E. H. Harris Oil Corp., South Hill, Va. Oakley Department Store, South Hill, Va. Burlington Ribbon Mills, South Hill, Va. Hines Supermarket, South Hill, Va. Boydton Ruritan Club, Boydton, Va. The Bank of Virginia, Boydton, Va. G E Tire Co., South Hill, Va. Chas. W. Priddy Fertilizers, South Hill, Va. Lacrosse Sportswear, Lacrosse, Va. Petersburg: Connie Hack Rambler, Petersburg, Va. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Petersburg, Va. Ted Curry Motors, Petersburg, Va. Ritchie Hardware Implement Co., Petersburg, Va. Covinglon Brothers Feed Seed, Petersburg, Va. First Federal Savings Loan, Petersburg, Va. Kent's Furniture, Petersburg, Va. Stanton's Furniture, Petersburg, Va. Blackwell Smith Drug Store, Petersburg, Va. Petersburg Motor Company, Petersburg, Va. C. F. Lautiherback's Sons, Inc., Petersburg, Va. The Oak, Petersburg, Va. R. S. Terrie Co., Petersburg, Va. F. W.

Woolworth Co., (downtown), Petersburg, Va. Southeastern Silo, Petersburg, Va. J. W. Phillips Sons, Petersburg, Va. Ray's Auto Supply, Petersburg, Va. Leete Tire Battery Co., Petersburg, Va. City Savings Loan Corp., Petersburg, Va. Petersburg Mutual Savings Loan Association, Petersburg, Va. Roper Brothers Lumber Co., Petersburg, Va. Nolde's Bakery, Petersburg, Va. Dominion Beverage. Petersburg, Va. Scaliest Foods, Petersburg, Va. Master Chevrolet Sales Service, Petersburg, Va. Petersburg Tire Co., Petersburg, Va. Sears-Roebuck, Petersburg, Va. J. S. Ritchie Sons, Petersburg, Va. Rucker-Rosenstock, Inc., Petersburg, Va. J. C. Penney Co., Petersburg. Va. Bulifant Insurance Center, Petersburg, Va. Whitmore's Restaurant. Petersburg, Va. Colonial Oil Sales. Petersburg, Va. Beck Motor Co.. Petersburg, Va. State Planters Bank Trust Co., Petersburg, Va. Delta Oil Sales Service, Petersburg, Va.

Butterworth's of Petersburg, Petersburg, Va. Harlow-Hardy Furniture Co., Petersburg, Va. Pet Dairy, Petersburg, Va. The Jones Boys, Petersburg, Va. The Bank of Virginia, Petersburg, Va. City Distributing Co., Pcloryburg, Va. Peterson Advertising Co., Petersburg. Va. Bottled Gns Corporation of Virginia, Colonial Heights, Va. Harwell Brothers Gibhs, Petersburg, Va. THE PETERSBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Congratulates The Winners and All Exhibitors in the 1966 Junior Steer Show and Sale The Agricultural Committee acknowledges with appreciation the participation and support of the firms and individuals listed hereon in the 1966 Junior Steer Show and Sale held in Petersburg on April 22, 1966. Average price per head $335.46 Average price per cwt. $37.65 Total pounds 45,445 THE AWARDS GRAND CHAMPION ANGUS Carlisle Griffin, exhibitor, Freeman, Virginia RESERVE CHAMPION HEREFORD Wesley Yeatts, exhibitor, Kenbridge, Virginia FITTING AND SHOWING AWARD 1.

Buck Baskervill 2. Mike Winn 3. Carlisle Griffin 4. John Jones 5. Harrison Inge CASH AWARD WINNERS LIGHT HEREFORD Bracey, Virginia Skipwith, Virginia Freeman. Virginia Bracey, Virginia Route No. 3, Chase City, Virginia First Place- Second Place- Third Place- Fourth Place- Fifth Place- Sixth Place- Buck Baskervill Melinda Wrenn Susan Wrenn Miss Jamie Sanger Lanny Rainey Buck Williams HEAVY HEREFORD First Place- Second Place- Third Place- Fourth Place- Fifth Place- Sixth Place-- LIGHT ANGUS First Place- Second Place- Third Place- Fourth Place- Fifth Place- Sixth Place-- HEAVY ANGUS First Place- Second Place-Third Place- Fourth Place- Fifth Place-Sixth Place- Wesley Yeatts Wiley Yeatts Sandra Williams Dave Clark John Jones Rudy Heretick Sam Moore, III Sam Griffin Linda Horak Kenneth Francisco Mike Winn Rebecca Horak Carlisle Griffin Rodcssa Powell Deborah Powell Harrison Inge Bobby Kvasnicka Frank Reiter Bracey, Virginia Church Road, Virginia Church Road, Virginia Rt. No.

1, Blackstone, Virginia Dinwiddie, Virginia Baskerville, Virginia Kenbridge, Virginia Kenbridge, Virginia Union Level, Virginia Union Level, Virginia Bracey, Virginia Disputanta, Virginia South Hill, Virginia Freeman. Virginia Rt. No. 2, Chester, Virginia Keysville, Virginia Skipwith, Virginia Rt. No. 2, Chester, Virginia Freeman, Virginia Lawrcnceville, Virginia Lawrenccville, Virginia Rt. No. 3. Chase City Rt. No. 2, Petersburg, Virginia Rt. No. 2, Petersburg, Virginia Ci PETERSBURG 1BER OF COMMERCE James D. Fear, President Paul D. Welch, Exec. Vice-Pres. AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE Robert Ritchie, Chairman W. Ray Houchens Leslie P. Ridout Frank Myers Leonard S. McCants Roy Ownby H. G. Jennings William Ritchie Henry T. Blankenship John I. McLean Ralph Alperin Thomas E. Adkinj J. V. Clark, Jr. Newspapers

Question: Who starred in 'A Countess From Hong Kong', his last film, in 1966?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin